CVE-2021-23891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by impersonating a client token which could lead to the bypassing of MTP self-defense.

Published: 2021-05-12

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

McAfee,LLC

McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 16.0.32

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-10817	Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) prior to 16.0.32 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by impersonating a client token which could lead to the bypassing of MTP self-defense.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00042.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?&id=TS103146

History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)	Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP)

Subscriptions

Mcafee Total Protection

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2021-05-12T09:00:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.739Z

Reserved: 2021-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23891

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-12T09:15:07.437

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:00.880

Link: CVE-2021-23891

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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